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Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras (
PBR.A) pushed the Energy industry lower today making it today's featured Energy laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.4%. By the end of trading, Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras fell $0.74 (-4.2%) to $17.00 on light volume. Throughout the day, 5,145,836 shares of Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7,018,400 shares. The stock ranged in price between $16.92-$17.67 after having opened the day at $17.65 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $17.74. Other companies within the Energy industry that declined today were:
Cubic Energy (
QBC), down 7.7%,
Quicksilver Resources (
KWK), down 6.7%,
Harvest Natural Resources (
HNR), down 6.5% and
Penn Virginia Corporation (
PVA), down 5.8%.

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Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras operates as an integrated oil and gas company in Brazil and internationally. Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras has a market cap of $110.3 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 7.1, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 8.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

TheStreet Ratings rates
Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras as a
hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its attractive valuation levels and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins.